Looking for a Little (Justice), or, "The Purple Door"
by Sub-commandante X

Sinn Fein politician Sue Ramsey, 29, was charged recently with "obstructing police," and attempting to break into a Belfast police station.

Right, I wouldn't doubt that for a second. Next thing we'll probably hear is that she's beating and torturing herself in protest.

Breaking into a Belfast police station? Sure. But, if she did, she was probably looking for a little justice.

Keep on rocking, Ramsey.

You never do get over it, though. Like the Native Americans, Basques, and Palestinians, the Irish know where they belong, and they just wanna be left alone.

Well, it has been a long time. And, if I ever knew how, I've forgotten. So, I just did it. She was real attractive. (Yeah, I noticed that.)

Seriously, she was the finest singer at the 'Purple Door' session that night. So, I took a deep breath and introduced myself.

Now that Subcommandante X has a column on the net, I sometimes use it as an 'icebreaker' with interesting people I'd like to meet.

Sometimes I don't. But I did give her two communiqués.

The 'Purple Door' is a group of creative types who meet at the Hut, "once in a blue moon."

The first annual "Purple Door" happened on April Fool's Day. (Always thought it was nice to have a special day named for me, and my friends.)

I particularly liked the way she moved to the beat, and how she laughed in all the right places without any kinda pretense at all.

Yeah, she's a fine singer.

Now, what I'm tying to figure out, is it the 'island of pigs,' or is it the city of Miami, that's not "law abiding?"

Certainly, it's not someplace where a city can have it's own foreign policy, and the mayor can tell the President and the Attorney General to "fuck off."

(Must have missed that in Democracy 101.)

Now, we're beginning to see why the Cuban people kicked the "Batistinos" out in the first place, and it has nothing to do with godless communism.

"Get a life, find a country, and move there," might be a reasonable suggestion.

How long can Elian's very distant Miami relative(s) refuse to surrender the 6 year old ship wreck survivor to his father, before the psychiatrists and the immigration agents move in? Won't be long at all.

But, if the Great Uncle, after 4 months of heavy 'bonding' with Elian, gets drunk, and is arrested for DUI, well, it's all Bill Clinton's, and Janet Reno's responsibility.

Hope they can live with the guilt.

Every now and again, a teacher learns more than her students and she'll move out of town to a farm in Vermont, or some such place.

But, that's normal.

A lifestyle change is first, "all in the mind, y'know."

And, if you change how you think, everything else follows quite naturally. Don't it?

Sub-X is a survivor of the radical '60s. These days he's attempting to get beyond the 'Them' and 'Us' duality of Conflict Consciousness. Trying to eliminate conflict from one's reality is a lot like dealing with alcohol. It's an on-going process. Currently, Sub-X seeks solutions and asks, "Why not more beauty, love, and joy?" We know we can do so much better. OK, so why not?